An exhibition celebrating recent Ancestor
Bernice Johnson Reagon of Sweet Honey in the Rock
February 14th to March 2nd, 2025, Piano Craft Art Gallery, Boston, MA
Opening Reception: Sat Feb 15th, 6-9pm (Food, Music, Community)
Curated by Yvette Modestin & Jen Kiok, Interim Co-Directors, Violence Transformed
“There’s a new day comin’... where you gon’ be standing when it comes?”
-Bernice Johnson Reagon (October 4, 1942 – July 16, 2024)
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Violence Transformed invites visual artists to participate in New World Coming, a juried multi-media arts exhibit uplifting the words, sounds and spirit of Bernice Johnson Reagon. The exhibit will focus on the art and activism of socially engaged artists in and beyond Boston.
We are living in times where art allows us to heal but also enter into critical conversations that allows all facets of our community to be seen. Bernice Johnson Reagon led us with her voice for nearly half a century, speaking and singing out for freedom and justice. The words to her song, “New World Coming,” feel like a premonition for the moment we are in as a people.
We call out to you as artists, asking in the late Bernice Jonhnson Reagon’s words,
“There’s a new day comin’, everything’s gon’ be turning over,
Everything’s gon’ be turning over, where you gon’ be standing when it comes?”
Violence Transformed’s “New World Coming” seeks 2D and 3D entries in any medium for exhibition and/or digital projection at the Piano Craft Gallery in Boston, MA. Submissions can include videos of proposed performances for showing during the exhibit. Please note: The audience for Violence Transformed exhibits include children, adolescents and adults of diverse backgrounds and communities. We are less interested, therefore, in graphic depictions of violence than in works that encourage reflection, awareness and community-wide engagement with the arts.
DEADLINE: Submissions to be received no later than January 25, 2025
NOTIFICATION: Selections to be confirmed January 27, 2025
DELIVERY OF ARTWORK:
- Shipped Artwork Arrive by: Monday Feb 10th (ship to Piano Craft Gallery 791 Tremont Street E508 c/o Erik Grau Boston MA, 02118.
- Artwork Delivery: Monday Feb 10th 5:30-7:30pm & Tues Feb 11th 10am-1pm
- Artwork Pickup: Sunday, March 2nd at 5:00PM
- Shipped Artwork Sent back by (include a return label in the packaging): Tuesday, March 4th
Submission Guidelines:
1. Up to six (6) images in JPEG (.jpg) format.The file name for each image must be in the following format: Last name_title.jpg (example: Warhol_campbellssoup.jpg). Image size should not exceed 2MB. Physical dimensions are limited to 72” tall for 2D work and 36” wide for 3D work.
2. A list of images designating for each: Title, Medium, Dimensions and a brief narrative (optional) indicating the work’s relationship to themes of “New World Coming." Artist narratives will be exhibited with selected works.
3. Artist’s Statement (optional) with bio and contact information. Please keep to one page.
4. A Violence Transformed Artist Submission & Release Form, Attached and Here
How to Submit:
Submit by email to: info@violencetransformed.org
a. Enter your last name and VT 2024 “New World Coming” artist submission” in subject line b. Attach items #1-4 above
c. Pay submission fee online by clicking https://tinyurl.com/
Please note:
• If accepted, jurors may request artists to provide a high-resolution image (minimum 2000 pixels on the longest side) for use on web page banners.
• Artists will be informed of drop off/pick up dates of original artwork.
• Please indicate whether the work is available for purchase. Violence Transformed will reserve 20% as a donation.
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